Welcome to our adoption story, which officially begins when we jet off to the Ukraine to meet our daughter, Elizabeth Marie, on Oct. 15th 2005. We hope to keep our family and friends up to date with our daily activities through this blog (stands for web log). We are very blessed to have wonderful support systems...our loving family, friends, and our church family. We want to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns since we began this process in August, 2004 and as we continue our journey.
Five Years Later...
We started this blog when we went to the Ukraine to adopt our daughter Elizabeth in 2005. Five years later we are loving life with our daughter (now 6) and our son, Chris (23). Tom continues to farm and I have the wonderful job of a stay-at-home mother and farm-wife. God has truly blessed us with two wonderful kids, a great new home, all while being surrounded by a terrific family, friends, and church family!
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Pictures of Victoria Elizabeth Marie Hagan
We are attempting to download pictures here but they are not showing up for us. Let us know if you can see them or not. Hope you can...
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We see the pictures fine. Beatuiful is an understatement!! I don't know how you can get more beautiful but I know she is. I think she almost looks like Danielle. There is some resemblance with the dark hair and eyes. She does look like the Hagans. You made a great choice! Thank God for all of his answered prayers. I hope the paperwork goes as planned. Enjoy your time. It will fly by now that you want to spend as much as possible with Elizabeth. Lora
Praise the Lord--she's yours--well becming yours--As the pictures of her were downloading--Donna Thompson and I were anxiously awaiting the "whole"picture--she is beautiful and looks like Tom--know that you are very excited--as we all are--hope you get to spend some time with her soon--now the long legal process begins--Kim Shinn is also here with me and says Congratulations--looking forward to futher pictures and updates. Carol
Hi Tom, Valerie and Victoria, Great news. Victoria is very beautiful and I think her name is perfect. She does look like Tom. I am sure it is all overwelming for her and she will soon come around. Now your days will be even more fulfilled with sigh seeing and visiting Victoria. Glad you have a diferent place. You need to be comfortable and stay healthy. I checked this site this morning and nothing yet then so now I need to call Gary and give him the good news. He will be home Friday thru Sunday and I am taking Saturday off to spend time with him. We will give you a call this weekend. You all are so blessed and our prayers are with you for your return home. Keep up with the pictures. Karen
Congratulations! Well worth the wait! She is so beautiful and she looks SO HEALTHY! Enjoy getting to know her while you are in Ukraine. One thing I wish I would have done is to talk with Jack's caretakers and journal any messages from them, that might be nice for Elizabeth. Best of luck on the 2nd half of your journey. Send our love to Marina!
I have been keeping updated through Machelle at work and just wanted to congratulate you. This morning before leaving for the college fair Chris was in my office and we logged on to see if there was anything new. Hope he can get to a computer soon if he hasn't already. What a beautiful family you have. God Bless and hope you are all reunited soon. Kelly Williams
How Adorable!!!! I could not see the pictures at work, but Machelle was nice enough to email them to me! Thanks Machelle! Guys, she is so cute! What a pretty baby girl! She does look like a healthy little girl! Wow, she has so much love to look forward to! I cant wait to meet her in person! We will be praying for you the rest of your journey as well! What a blessing! Consetta :)
Hagans, 'Aunt' Machelle was so excited today when I picked up the girls at school. We were at the buses and she holloered at me. She had the pictures printed and showed them to me. I could have cried-she's a gorgeous child. Yes she resembles her daddy and Danielle. I feel very fortunate to have Machelle and Cedda to keep us informed. Cedda keeps you on our prayer list at church. She too stopped by after work just to show Elizabeth off. I hated to tell her I'd already seen the beautiful pictures! Good news travels fast! May the Lord continue to bless you on your journey and bring you all home safely where you belong. WHAT A HOMECOMING YOU WILL HAVE!!! Jeff & Kim Spalding & Girls
Hagans, 'Aunt' Machelle was so excited today when I picked up the girls at school. We were at the buses and she holloered at me. She had the pictures printed and showed them to me. I could have cried-she's a gorgeous child. Yes she resembles her daddy and Danielle. I feel very fortunate to have Machelle and Cedda to keep us informed. Cedda keeps you on our prayer list at church. She too stopped by after work just to show Elizabeth off. I hated to tell her I'd already seen the beautiful pictures! Good news travels fast! May the Lord continue to bless you on your journey and bring you all home safely where you belong. WHAT A HOMECOMING YOU WILL HAVE!!! Jeff & Kim Spalding & Girls
Hey Sis and Tom, Just got in and seen the pictures,what a cutie. She will be pretty close in age to Jake so they can play together. Guess we're all wondering how much more of a process there is to go and when you all will be back home. Know all those days of waiting after you were there had to be hard. Checked with Karen a couple times a day waiting for the news. Congratulations, We'll be checking for more pictures soon. Love, Gary & Karen
Hello Hagans!! How exciting for you all. Valerie...I just received a package in the mail from your mom. She was going through some old pictures for us Hills' and she wrote us about your adoption. She included the website and I could not wait to go see what the latest was. Lee and I will have you in our thoughts and prayers. Have safe travels home with your new addition! I am sure many days of joy and happiness are on the way. Wes and Lee Hills
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We see the pictures fine. Beatuiful is an understatement!! I don't know how you can get more beautiful but I know she is. I think she almost looks like Danielle. There is some resemblance with the dark hair and eyes. She does look like the Hagans. You made a great choice!
Thank God for all of his answered prayers. I hope the paperwork goes as planned.
Enjoy your time. It will fly by now that you want to spend as much as possible with Elizabeth.
Lora
Praise the Lord--she's yours--well becming yours--As the pictures of her were downloading--Donna Thompson and I were anxiously awaiting the "whole"picture--she is beautiful and looks like Tom--know that you are very excited--as we all are--hope you get to spend some time with her soon--now the long legal process begins--Kim Shinn is also here with me and says Congratulations--looking forward to futher pictures and updates.
Carol
Hi Tom, Valerie and Victoria,
Great news. Victoria is very beautiful and I think her name is perfect. She does look like Tom. I am sure it is all overwelming for her and she will soon come around. Now your days will be even more fulfilled with sigh seeing and visiting Victoria. Glad you have a diferent place. You need to be comfortable and stay healthy. I checked this site this morning and nothing yet then so now I need to call Gary and give him the good news. He will be home Friday thru Sunday and I am taking Saturday off to spend time with him. We will give you a call this weekend. You all are so blessed and our prayers are with you for your return home. Keep up with the pictures.
Karen
Congratulations you guys, she is an absolute Angel. God has really blessed you. Definitely worth the wait. Can't wait to see her in person.
Love,
Randy
Congratulations! Well worth the wait! She is so beautiful and she looks SO HEALTHY! Enjoy getting to know her while you are in Ukraine. One thing I wish I would have done is to talk with Jack's caretakers and journal any messages from them, that might be nice for Elizabeth. Best of luck on the 2nd half of your journey. Send our love to Marina!
Christy Bozic
SHE IS ADORABLE!!!! Jana
I have been keeping updated through Machelle at work and just wanted to congratulate you. This morning before leaving for the college fair Chris was in my office and we logged on to see if there was anything new. Hope he can get to a computer soon if he hasn't already. What a beautiful family you have. God Bless and hope you are all reunited soon.
Kelly Williams
How Adorable!!!!
I could not see the pictures at work, but Machelle was nice enough to email them to me! Thanks Machelle!
Guys, she is so cute! What a pretty baby girl! She does look like a healthy little girl! Wow, she has so much love to look forward to! I cant wait to meet her in person!
We will be praying for you the rest of your journey as well!
What a blessing!
Consetta :)
Hagans,
'Aunt' Machelle was so excited today when I picked up the girls at school. We were at the buses and she holloered at me. She had the pictures printed and showed them to me. I could have cried-she's a gorgeous child. Yes she resembles her daddy and Danielle. I feel very fortunate to have Machelle and Cedda to keep us informed. Cedda keeps you on our prayer list at church. She too stopped by after work just to show Elizabeth off. I hated to tell her I'd already seen the beautiful pictures! Good news travels fast!
May the Lord continue to bless you on your journey and bring you all home safely where you belong.
WHAT A HOMECOMING YOU WILL HAVE!!!
Jeff & Kim Spalding & Girls
Hagans,
'Aunt' Machelle was so excited today when I picked up the girls at school. We were at the buses and she holloered at me. She had the pictures printed and showed them to me. I could have cried-she's a gorgeous child. Yes she resembles her daddy and Danielle. I feel very fortunate to have Machelle and Cedda to keep us informed. Cedda keeps you on our prayer list at church. She too stopped by after work just to show Elizabeth off. I hated to tell her I'd already seen the beautiful pictures! Good news travels fast!
May the Lord continue to bless you on your journey and bring you all home safely where you belong.
WHAT A HOMECOMING YOU WILL HAVE!!!
Jeff & Kim Spalding & Girls
Hey Sis and Tom,
Just got in and seen the pictures,what a cutie. She will be pretty close in age to Jake so they can play together. Guess we're all wondering how much more of a process there is to go and when you all will be back home. Know all those days of waiting after you were there had to be hard. Checked with Karen a couple times a day waiting for the news. Congratulations, We'll be checking for more pictures soon.
Love,
Gary & Karen
Hello Hagans!! How exciting for you all. Valerie...I just received a package in the mail from your mom. She was going through some old pictures for us Hills' and she wrote us about your adoption. She included the website and I could not wait to go see what the latest was. Lee and I will have you in our thoughts and prayers. Have safe travels home with your new addition! I am sure many days of joy and happiness are on the way. Wes and Lee Hills
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